Monoslot toilet room



Jan. 17, 1928.

E. GRAHAM MONOSLOT TOILET ROOM Filed April 12, 1924 5 sheets-sheet 1 Jan. 17, 192s. l l1,656,350

E. GRAHAM MONOSLOT TOILET ROOM Filed April 12, 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jan. 17, 1928.

E. GRAHAM MoNosLoT 'rOILET'RooM Filed April 12, 1924 s sheets-snm :s

Jan. 17, 1928.

E. GRAHAM MONOSLOT TOILET ROOM Filed APN.; 12, 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 OQOOOOOOOOOOOO f l Jan. 17, 192s. E GRAHAM 1,656,350

MONQSLOT TOILET ROOM Filed April 12, 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 /l//ornew Patented Jan. 17, 1928.

`EDINBURGH=GRAHA1VL OF AIKEN,.SOUFEH CAROLINA.

MoNosLoT TOILET 300M.

application nlednprn 12, 192.4. ,SerirNe 706,213.

This invention relates to a room or cabinet particularly useful as a toilet room.

A prime aim is to provide a construction in which use byasingle patron at a Linie o without accidental intrusion or interference by others, is assured.

A' second object isto devise a form which may be built around an already-set toilet Vstool if desired, .to convert it into a `pay la toilet.

Another object `is to produce a structure `operable through a `coin-controlled means which is concealed and inaccessible for o peration t'rointhe outside while the rooin is in use.

A turther'failn is to construct a toilet room `possessing .the advantages stated, inwhich its closurehas spaced walls between which `the patron enters, the innerinostof which 2o walls .is cut away socas to expose the `toiletstool or parts lor the use ot'which a. fee is charged.

A fifth4 object is tol invent a novel coinicontrolled nieans to particularly cooperate with a. room of thecha 1acter set jforth.

Various additional objects and advantages will appear from consideration oit the description following, talten'in connection with accompanying drawings illustrating :an operative embodiment.

,ln said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation, partly broken away, showing the coin-controlled latch means for the closure employed;

Fig. 2 is a view in section, taken on the line Y-X of Fig. `1 p r Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line A-B of Figi;

Fig. l-is a perspective view ot' the latchoperating lever;

bolt; p

6 is alperspective view o1 oneof the outer plates of the latch casing; l

F 7 is a perspective view showing'intermediate parts ofthe latch and casing;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view ofthe outer plate of the latch casing; p i

Fig.Y 9 is a `verticalsectional view `through the complete apparatus taken on a klineintermediate the front and rear walls of the closure; p

Fig. 10 is a horizontal. sectional view through the complete apparatus;

other Fig. 5 is aperspective view ofthe latch- Fig. 1l is a vertical sectional view through the complete apparatus yand at alright angle to" Fig. 9; y e

Fig. l2 is a perspective viewy of the coinplete apparatus;

Fig.` 13 isV adetail illustrating part ofthe niountingfor thellateh operating lever; e

Fig. 14 is va y, perspective view of" the coin till, and e Fig.` 15 is a perspective view illustrating the mort-isc and tenon Aconnectionas used between the structural elements of the cabinet. A

Referring to the operative en'ibodinient disclosed 'byway 'of example in the.aceo1n panying drawings, a toilet stool is illustrated at 9 supported one fiooil() and `adjacent the stoola wash basin `or lavatory '1 1 may be provided. Said stool and wash basin arelocated within a room 12. The showing o1 `the rooin is to he taken as conventional since the room may be one as ordinarilycoir structed ina building or it may be a cabinet as shownin the drawings. `Since 'it inaybe a cabinet, the structure such `as 12 may even be portable andadapted to be .placed about an already set toilet stool 1() and wash basin 11, should it be desirable `or advantageous to convert `a free toilet'into a payV toilet.

, y Said cabinet 12 is generally rectangular having..afrear .wall v13, a side walll, a

`shorter side wall 15,V an, upright 1G, allan- `chored to lioor 1t), and a cover 17. Said walls are` built up inany preferred way as trein uprights and `panels as shown. The

i wall 1.5 niay be ofslatted construction as at 115*L to attord ventilation. As the wall 15 is spaced .trolnthe upright 1G, an entrance and exit opening isprovided at 18. The necessary ope 'ating equipment for theztoilet stool 10and wash `basin 11 is located vvithinrthe room 12, and if desired, may be supportedy onthe walls 13, 14 and 15 thereof as shown. Coacting with the rooin or cabinet 12.is a

i Y closure generally designated 19. lhis closure `consists ot spaced upstanding walls `and `21 arranged parallel to eachother and to the end wall 13. r Wallf21inaybeslatted as shown for ventilation. Connecting bars or members 22 adjacent tothe wall Mrigidly join the walls 2O `and 21 together so that they may be moved as a unit. Anentrance and lexit opening 23 isprovidedfor the closure and restrictedgby means `of a wall l24:

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fastened to wall 21, which aids in better closing of opening 18 when the apparatus is being used.

Fastened to the uppermost connecting bar 22 at each side of the closure, is a pair of brackets 25. Each bracket 25 has a roller 26 journaled on a bolt 27 secured thereto and the rollers are adapted to travel on the inner edge portions of U-shaped tracks 28 fastened as at 29 to the walls 12 and 14, adjacent to the tops of the latter. As a. result, the closure 19 may be moved llongitudinally or back and forth within the room or cabinet from the full line position shown in Figs. and 11 to .i the dotted line position suggested in the same figures. The patron is adapted to walk throughthe openings or ways 18 `and 23 to a position betweenvthe walls 2O and 21 and into the room while the closure moves toward the end wall 13. The patron will thus have access to the stool 9 and wash basin 11 since the wall is recessed or cutaway as at a and Z), to enable the same to occupy a position at the rear of stool 9;

The apparatus is used as a pay toilet and a suitable coin controlled lock or latch means is accordingly employed. To this end, a longitudinal securing bar 30 is fastened as at 31 against the inner surface of the wall 14.

The bar 30 is provided with ratchet teeth as at 32 whose inclined faces slant downwardly from vertical shoulders toward the wall 13.

Y Coacting with the securing bar 30 is a lock or latch casing 33 carried by the closure 19. Said casing` is' freely movable relatively to the bar 30 since the latter is accommodated in slots 34 in the end walls of a cover plate 35 of such casing. Bolts 36 secure said cover plate rigidly to that connecting member 22, which is in line with securing bar 30. Casing 33 also has an outer plate 37, an inner plate 38 and an intermediate plate 39 which are also secured rigidly in place by the said bolts 36. The inner plate 38 has a bracket portion 40 provided with a stud 41 on which a roller 42 is journa-lcd and on which roller the bar 30 rests and is guided. A supplemental intermediate plate or lfiller 43 is also fastened in place by certain of the bolts 36. Below the supplemental plate 43 a coin-controlling finger 44 is provided for pivotal movement on the axis of a pin 45. Said v plates 39 and 43 and finger 44 are spaced Cal apart as best shown in Figs. 1 and 7 to provide a coin-receiving slot S. A pawl-lifting member 46 is vertically slidable `in a slot 47 `of the p'late 39 and is normally in its lower- 'most position so as to serve as an abutment for a coin like that at C, when deposited in slot 46.

Y VIn spaced inwardly extending lugs 48 of plate 38 a pawl 49 is slidably mounted. Said pawl 49 coaets with the securing bar 30 to prevent unauthorized operation of the closure and it is urgedy into engagement with said bar by a spring in the form of a` wire 5() which engages in a notch 51 at the top of the pawl 49. Said spring is fastened in inwardly extending ears 52 of the plate 38. The pawl 49 has a slot at 53 in which the forwardly extending lug 54 at the top of the lifting member 46 is dispose-d, whereby the pawl 49 and trigger 46 will slide or move up and down unitarily. Depression of the pawl 49 is limited by the engagement of a shoulder 55 on said pawl against the lowermost lug 48.

A generally U-shaped operating lever 56 is employed for the coin-controlled mechanism. Said lever 56 has a relatively long horizontal bar 57 .and upstanding terminal arms 58 and 59. The pin or elementV 45 is rigidlyconnected to both the bar'i and the lifting finger 44 so that they will move as a unit and will fulcrum from the axis of element 45 since the latter is journaled in the plate 37, it being realized that the bar 57 and lifting finger 44 are located on opposite sides ofsaid plate 37. The lifting finger 44 and bar 57 are further rigidly connected together by if'astenings in the form of rivets 58. Said fastenings 58 pass through slots or holes 59 in the plate 37 and in said holes the fastenings 58 have disks or washers'GO su rounding the same and properly spacing the parts. Said holes 59 are larger than the washers 60 in order to permit limited unitary pivota'l movement of lever 56 and th e lifting finger 44. It is to be understood that the lifting finger 44, fastenings 58', and washers 60 are so proportioned as to give ample clearance for effective movement ofthe lifting finger 44.

Arm 58 of lever 57 has a finger piece 6i at its top for engagement by the patrons fingers to depress the saine. Movement of the lever 56 both upwardly and downwardly is limited by a check 62 which is fastened to the outer plate 37. Said check has curled md'reinities 63- for directaimtnient by the bar 57 of the lever in the uppermost and lowermost limits of n'iovement of the lever and such bar 57 is outwardly offset as shown adjacent said check. A cord or other flexible clement 64 is tied to the arm 59 and is trained over a pulley 65 journaled on a stub Til ico

shaft 66 carried by a bracket 67 fastened against the inner surface of the stationary end wall 13 of the room. At the lower or freeend, said cord 64 carries a weight 68 which is designed to automatically urge'and more the closure from the full line of the dotted line position in Figs. 10 and 11 upon the pawl 49 disengaging the bar 30', followingl deposit of a coin and appropriate actuation of lever 56.

The coins from slot S are received ina suitable till. 69 which is pivoted at 70 to the casing The casing and till have openings '71 adapted to register and to receive i through an eyelet 77 the shackle of 'a p aillock 72 01`tlieequivale1`1t therethrough in order to fasten the 'till At desired times the iiiroprietor may remove padlock 72 `and swing the `till G9 downwardly as in Fig. l, to remove the coins.

Toilet paper may be carried by a lholder rod 73 as in rolls lll threadedthcreon. 'Rod 78 removably passes through the wall 21 and a bracket 75 on the sameconnecting bar to which the lock casing B23 is fastened and llic lpmvl 'Jl-.9' to relealsecoins from slot S.

Pret-aiming operation, the parts are "initiaily in the :full lineposition olf Fig. 10 and ro held by the" engagement of pavvl LlQwith :lxciiiing bar 30. `The user walks `through the openings i8 and Q3 and'occnpies a positien within the closure, that between the walls 90 and 21; Thereupon the proper' coin C i s de'iositedin the slot S, traveling until it is arrested bythe lifting linger 46. Therenpon the patron depresses lever 56 by en- .ongein-ent with the finger piece 6l to theextent limited by the lowerinost 'curl 6370i' check 62. `Such deprcssionof lever 56 moves the coin end olf coin. controlling finger 44 downwardlyso that/fthe coin travels under the lifting` linger 4G, still being held from complete escape trom slot S by said finger. The Vlinger piece 6l is then-released and the action ot the weight (i8 serves vto elevate the end ot lever 5o adjacent to arm 58, accordinelv elevating the coin end of finger 4l,

the lcoin C, finger 416, and pawl 1-9, causing the latter, against the tension otite spring 50, to disengage the ratchet teeth ot securing bar 'lll. The weight 68 thereupon automatically urges and moves the closure from the tell line position in Figs. 10 and 11 to the dotted line position, with the patron following the movenient of the closure and thus walking into the room which it will be realized, .is closed at the entrance endv by the wall 2l.

lWhen the closure approaches its innermost position, pawl 49 strikes the cam surface 79 on the bar 30, which further elevates said pawl 4:9, thus releasing the coin l so that it may 'fall intothe till 69. Thus the patron is within thev rooin and finds kthe stool l0, wash basin 11,and paper 74 accessible tor use. In leaving the room or cabinet, the patron pushes the Wall 20 forwardly at the inner end' l:troni the dotted lineipositionftotlie lnllline theA closure outwardly for unauthorized use ol? the apparatus by otherperson's. Also while the patron uses the apparains,` the coin-controlled means is concealed `so that other coinscaiinot be deposited"therein to interfere ywith operation by` `prospectire Nitrous. l l

Various changesrinay be resortedto pro- \'idecl"tl1ey fallnvithinthe spirit andfscope olf the invention. Y

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire patenttor is l. A room structurehaving aclosure, said closure being provided withspaced'defining walls forentrance ot the usertlierebetwmni, said'walls being u'nitaril-y movable to and ifroni'open position while 'the infer located therebetween,"said `\valls in the closed position of the closure servingas defining walls `for the room space.

2. A room structure having a normally open closure, movable to Vand`l"r `jnn`open and closed "position, said closure being of a construction for initial entry bythe user, and ope-rated by theuser while located therein, a room structure YcoactingT withthe closure in the closed p0sitien`ot"`the latter to close the -room on all sides.

3. A room structure having spaced Walls, a closure therefor having spaced defining Walls for initial entry of the user therebe-l tween, said walls being unitarily movable to and from open position while the user located therebetween,` the walls ot' the room structure and closure in the closed position ol the latter servingl to close the room on all sides. f

Il. A room structure having a closure movable to and from open and closed position, said closure having spaced Walls and an e11- trance opening, the innermost wall being cut away to enable the same to move past the contents' of the room and the structure to' closeV said opening.

5. A room structure having a closure movl'able to and from open and closed position. a plumbing fixture in the room space, said closure having spaced Walls and an entrance opening, the innermost Wall being 'cut away to enable thesaine to move past the plumb- `ing lixture and the structure to close said l UU li-l

opening.- l

6. A room structurehaving a closure movable to and from open and closed position, a

plumbing fixture in the room space, said closure having spaced Walls and an entrance opening, the innermost Wall being eut away to enable the same to move past the plumbing fixture and the structure to close said opening, and an element on the closure to abut the plumbing fixture.

7. In combination, a room structure, a closure structure therefor, one ot said structures having an entrance opening, one o'f said structures being telescopically movable relatively to the other structure for entrance oi a user and closing of said opening by the companion structure.

S. In combination, a room structure, a closure structure therefor, one of said structures having an ent 'ance openingfor the user and being telescopically movable relatively to the other structure after entrance ot they user to close said opening and give access to the room space. c

9., In combination, a room structure, a closure struct-ure therefor, one of said structures being telescopically movable relatively to the other structure and having an opening for entrance of a user, and means under control of the user operable to move the closure to closed position to close said opening.

10. In combination, a room structure, a closure structure therefor, one ot' said structures being telescopically movable relatively to the other structure and having an openingI for ent ance of a user, and means locking the closure in open position under control of the user to permit movement oi the closure to closed position to close said opening.

11. In combination, a room structure, a closure structure therefor, one of saicl structures being telescopically movable relatively to the other structure r entrance of a user, and coin-controlled means locking the closure in open position'under control of the user to permit movement of the closure to closed position.

12. In combination, a room structure, a closure structure therefor, one of said structures being telescopically movable relatively to thc other structure for entrance by a user, coin-controlled means locking the closure in open position under control oi the user to permit movement of the closure to closed position, and means operable to move the closure to closed position.

. 13. A room structure having a closure, means automatically operable through opening moven'ient of the closure to maintain the closure in open position, said meansbeing coin-controlled for release so that the closure may be closed.

14. A room structure having a closure, coin-controlled means to maintain the closure in open position, and means operable automatically to move the closure to closed position, after operation of the coin-controlled means.

15. A room structure having a closure, a lock means to hold the closure in one position, and means to urge movement of the closure to the other position, the latter means being connected to said lock means.

16. A room structure having a closure, a lock means to hold the closure in one position, an actuating lever for said lock means,

vand means to urge movementof the closure and said lever to locking position, the latter means heilig connected to said lever.

EDINBURGH GRAHAM. 

